The folks at Tiger/Fysisk Format in Oslo have posted their top picks for 2008: http://www.tigernet.no/epages/tiger.sf/no_NO/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Tigernet/Categories/LIST/TOPPTI/2008
Great stuff, especially if you're interested in the Norwegian underground. And that Coffins album on a few of those lists? 100% killer, even if they're from Japan (and on a label here in Olympia, WA).